diff --git a/files/apts/swift b/files/apts/swift
index f29837784e..c52c68b765 100644
--- a/files/apts/swift
+++ b/files/apts/swift
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 curl
 gcc
-memcached # NOPRIME
+memcached
 python-configobj
 python-coverage
 python-dev
diff --git a/files/rpms/swift b/files/rpms/swift
index c9d49e9257..ce41ceb8e2 100644
--- a/files/rpms/swift
+++ b/files/rpms/swift
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 curl
 gcc
-memcached # NOPRIME
+memcached
 python-configobj
 python-coverage
 python-devel
diff --git a/stack.sh b/stack.sh
index 084f276d0c..8947382d9f 100755
--- a/stack.sh
+++ b/stack.sh
@@ -784,11 +784,6 @@ if is_service_enabled q-agt; then
     fi
 fi
 
-if is_service_enabled swift; then
-    # Install memcached for swift.
-    install_package memcached
-fi
-
 TRACK_DEPENDS=${TRACK_DEPENDS:-False}
 
 # Install python packages into a virtualenv so that we can track them